The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and as the magnet finds the iron so it will find in every hour some heavenly blessings!

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love.

Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.

The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It's cool and keeps the sun away from your face.

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.

I love the action stuff. Honestly, I like sci-fi and everything supernatural.

For, dear me, why abandon a belief, Merely because it ceases to be true, Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt, It will turn true again, for so it goes.

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.